Temperatures rise in campus protests
Shots have been fired, protests have spilled onto the streets and Fort Hare has shut up shop
TEMPERATURES rose at South African universities on Wednesday, with shots fired and protests spilling onto the streets. Fort Hare has shut up shop, including its residences. • Rhodes: shots fired as police break up protest • Durban University of Technology: protest spill onto the streets • Wits: students march to Chamber of Mines • Fort Hare: closes with immediate effect, residences to be vacated by 5pm Rhodes Video footage of police shooting during a student protest at Rhodes University emerged on social media on Wednesday. A video posted to the UCKAR Student Body Facebook page by Relebogile Rele Moabelo shows South African Police Service (SAPS) officials arresting a male on the campus‚ one of five students believed to have been held. A masters student at Rhodes and a witness on the scene‚ who did not want to be named‚ told TMG Digital that she was "extremely worried" about the safety of the students and staff at the university. "Students have been shot at and arrested. Prince Alfre...
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